People v. Miller
New York Supreme Court
IN ERROR, on certiorari, to a court of special sessions of the peace', consisting of three justices of the county of Otsego, to bring up the trial and conviction of the defendant, for a misdemeanor.
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IN ERROR, on certiorari, to a court of special sessions of the peace', consisting of three justices of the county of Otsego, to bring up the trial and conviction of the defendant, for a misdemeanor. The return stated, that upon the complaint of one George Wilson, that the defendant had been guilty of a misde- . .i meaner, m taking; from him a certain note, a warrant was issued, ° and that the defendant on being brought before a justice, court was duly to be tried by a special sessions. formed, and from the evidence, it appeared, that the defendant he witness, Wilson. was given by the…
1Per curiam
None of the objections made to this conon have much weight, except those relating to the place where *374the offence was committed, and the insufficiency of the evidence on wHiCh the conviction was founded. It is essential that it should appear, that the court had jurisdiction of the offence; and it had no jurisdiction, unless it was committed within the county of Qstego ; and if committed within that county, it was within the jurisdiction of a court of special sessions. The act, (sess. 36. c. 104. s. 6. 2 R. L. 507.) extends its jurisdiction to petit larceny, misdemeanor, breach of the peace, or…
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